The Festival of Lights

Book Details

Genre & Age: contemporary fiction middle grade anthology
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages, 8.25″ x 5.5″
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.
ISBN: 978-0807531211

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Goodreads Reviews

Celebrate Hanukkah with a diverse collection of poems and stories filled with history, humor, and hope. Cheer on a young baker as he tries to make sufganiyot from a family recipe. Learn about code breakers in England during World War II. Imagine hosting a refugee cousin or finding long-lost relatives. In this anthology, characters make discoveries, connect with family and friends, and mourn loved ones. Encompassing a range of genres and experiences, there’s something for readers of all faiths in the illuminating pages of The Festival of Lights.

This collection features delightful stories from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors Kim Brubaker Bradley, Nancy Churnin, Stacia Deutsch, Henry Herz, Bridget Hodder, Nancy Holder, Alan Katz, Gini Koch, Nancy Krulik, Joanne Levy, Terri Libenson, Erica Perl, Rachael Romero, Alan Silberberg, and poems by Leslea Newman and Richard Michelson.

What People Are Saying

“This collection should be on every Jewish family’s bookshelf just as the stories should be part of every Hanukkah celebration.”
– Eric Kimmel, Caldecott Honor and Sydney Taylor Book Award winner

“Festival of Lights is a celebration, a joyful collection of stories as varied and magical as Hanukkah itself.”
– Laura Shovan

“There’s something for everyone in these inventive stories and poems—both the ordinary and the magical, familiar places and not-so-familiar ones, poetry and prose, and above all, the pleasure of appreciating Hanukkah in so many different ways. Enjoy!”
– Nancy Werlin, NY Times bestseller

“From historical dilemmas to contemporary friendship problems, from family ghosts to family traditions, from grief to humor, this collection of Hanukkah stories hits a range of emotions and approaches—with an end result that is uplifting and hopeful. Highly recommended.”
-Leah Cypess, author of the Sisters Ever After series